Affiliate since: 04/13/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Evelyn's 1 other Ask SC answers

To build a successful SFI business or any other business, reliance must be on one's self. Your sponsor is the one who perhaps introduced you to the SFI business, but not the one who has all the answers. If he or she is is relatively new in the business, they too are seeking answers themselves.

The best way to become successful in your SFI business is to learn everything you possibly can about the business on your own. Do this by reading the mass of resource materials that are at your disposal. SFI has made available everything needed to be successful in this business. It does however require work and effort on your part.

Questions will arise; when they do, you have your sponsor and their up line you can go to. Additionally, you have us, the SFI Community, where you're sure to find answers to your questions. We're a team. "Team Work makes the Dream Work."

To answer your question,"To build a successful SFI business, how much should I rely on my sponsor?" Very little if any. It's all about self reliance.



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To build a successful SFI business or any other business, reliance must be on one's self. Your sponsor is the one who perhaps introduced you to the SFI business, but not the one who has all the answers. If he or she is is relatively new in the business, they too are seeking answers themselves.

The best way to become successful in your SFI business is to learn everything you possibly can about the business on your own. Do this by reading the mass of resource materials that are at your disposal.
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 101 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

SFI appoints a Sponsor for you when you join for many reasons:

Getting started is the hardest part of any endeavor and for beginners the information found in one’s homepage can be both overwhelming and frightening.

SFI's job is to provide the infrastructure for building a business. Your sponsor’s role is to provide a professional, one-on-one relationship with you.

SFI gives you a sponsor to help you get around SFI and to understand how to build it step by step, and for this Sponsors are encouraged to be Awesome Sponsor, not just to be a mentor but a friend!

It is for this reason that a sponsor’s role should not be devalued or taken for granted. It’s true some don’t live up to these expectations, are inactive, or may seem uncaring for reasons known only to them.

If you’re unlucky to have the latter, your success in SFI will depend on you, your resourcefulness in finding out things for yourself, and for building your team and grow your business, for after all it’s your own business.

To help you, we have the Forum where you can tap into experienced and successful affiliates whose knowledge and wisdom you need, as well as great answers in Ask SC that will relate to you and advice, hints and tips from A2A friends. In addition, there are many resources and materials provided free to help you with promoting and sponsoring.

If, on the other hand you’re fortunate in having a caring, hardworking, and dependable sponsor, who is there for you, especially when the going gets tough and you feel lost and unable to understand the complexity of SFI and TC, your reliance on your sponsor is all the more important as you need support, motivation and guidance.

You will find that helping you build your team, your business and move up to a level you will be comfortable running on your own is your Sponsor's goal, too, because both of you will benefit. Your sponsor has a vested interest in you because your success is your sponsor's success.

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SFI appoints a Sponsor for you when you join for many reasons:

Getting started is the hardest part of any endeavor and for beginners the information found in one’s homepage can be both overwhelming and frightening.

SFI's job is to provide the infrastructure for building a business. Your sponsor’s role is to provide a professional, one-on-one relationship with you.

SFI gives you a sponsor to help you get around SFI and to understand how to build it step by step,
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Affiliate since: 11/14/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read VIVEK KUMAR A's 129 other Ask SC answers

To build a successful SFI business, SFI has a sound system that provides you with great training material, marketing aids and methods and tools to advance and succeed in your business on your own but having said that we are humans and appreciate human touch in our endeavors what ever they may be?

Timely advice, a motivational tip, an honest guidance can help you go a long way.

This is where the role of a sponsor is very important. If you have an active sponsor who is doing well in SFI business, you should follow their successful ways to succeed faster and in a better way.

If your sponsor has shown the following attributes you should really be consultative and rely on their advice to maximum extent possible.
1. Continuously maintained their EA or Team Leader rank.
2. Has completed more than six months in SFI.
3. Maintained their Leadership page well and have profile page full of achievements with SFI and Tripleclicks.
4. Check for the posts your sponsor has posted on the forum. This would give you an idea about their prowess and knowledge of SFI.
5. Read the answers they have submitted to the ASK SC questions and how they have been rated?

These qualities would give you confidence to build trust and follow them.

They are your guides who can be looked forward for help in times of taking important decisions pertaining to your business and also to get your queries resolved and understand SFI better.

They have come of age and can guide you practically with many of the issues you may come across.

Duplication is another key aspect towards success and their work can be emulated to be successful yourself.

They can assess your work and provide you the right direction. Maintain a good communication with them.

In short they play a role of a parent or a teacher to help you succeed. They are your real mentors at work. Hence rate them first and follow them to the extent possible.

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To build a successful SFI business, SFI has a sound system that provides you with great training material, marketing aids and methods and tools to advance and succeed in your business on your own but having said that we are humans and appreciate human touch in our endeavors what ever they may be?

Timely advice, a motivational tip, an honest guidance can help you go a long way.

This is where the role of a sponsor is very important. If you have an active sponsor who is doing
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

When I first started looking for an on-line business to work from my own home I knew that I would have a lot to learn before I would become successful at it. Sometimes I enrolled in a company just to see what kind of training program and support that they offered to help those who have never done Internet Marketing before.

I also enrolled in programs because the person running the ad did a convincing job of how well he/she will help build your business until you were making money, only to find out that those were promises that were attached to some heavy spending conditions.

When I enrolled in SFI the first thing I checked out was the training material and the support systems that were in place at that time. I was amazed at the amount of material that was free, and the 24/7 support given through the forum, ASK SC, Admin and stream.

I knew that SFI had everything I would need to advance to the level of income that I was looking for – Now here’s the key – I did not care if I had a supporting sponsor or not – I just knew that it was possible to reach my dreams on my own if I had to.

Gaining support from your sponsor is fine and it can help you move forward much faster, but in reality it will all boil down to what you are personally willing to do to build a successful business. You need to have a mindset “If it is to be it is up to me.” Don’t put yourself in a position where you have to “rely” on your sponsor or anyone else for the success you want to achieve.

To prove the point that I am making it is easy to go to the forum and read some of the stories when threads were written about “sponsor support” – You will find many affiliates who are very successful in SFI and they have never been contacted by any of their sponsors or up-lines.

My friend the reality of your dreams lies within your will to succeed and the ambition to create the fire in your spirit that drives you to the highest levels of success.

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When I first started looking for an on-line business to work from my own home I knew that I would have a lot to learn before I would become successful at it. Sometimes I enrolled in a company just to see what kind of training program and support that they offered to help those who have never done Internet Marketing before.

I also enrolled in programs because the person running the ad did a convincing job of how well he/she will help build your business until you were making
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

Generally, our success here at SFI does not depend on our sponsor. Nevertheless good sponsor is needed early in our SFI business. I said good sponsors because if they are not, they are basically useless in building your SFI business.

What are the characteristics of a good sponsor?

1. He should be able to simplify SFI components and processes.

SFI has many components, some are interrelated some are not. This make SFI overwhelming to new affilaites. A good sponsor should be able to see and simplify the connection of each component.

For example, what is the connection of finding affiliates to earning large amount of VP and ultimately income.

2. A good sponsor should be able to help solve bottlenecks.

Some of the bottlenecks are technical, like how would affiliates transact online. Some are simple task like white listing. So a good sponsor should be able to help solve from small to big bottlenecks.

3. A good sponsor should be able to give/teach some techniques specially on critical factors of success. Affiliates are critical in our success here at SFI, so a good sponsor should be able to teach some techniques in finding affiliates. Example is how can you recruit affiliates from Facebook, or how do you do paid advertising.

If your sponsor do not care for these things then he is useless, you can not expect to get the most from him that can contribute to your success.

The good news however there are still many people who can help at SFI. You still have your co-sponsor and other uplines. The best of all you have the forum that you can throw your question and get a quick answer.

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Generally, our success here at SFI does not depend on our sponsor. Nevertheless good sponsor is needed early in our SFI business. I said good sponsors because if they are not, they are basically useless in building your SFI business.

What are the characteristics of a good sponsor?

1. He should be able to simplify SFI components and processes.

SFI has many components, some are interrelated some are not. This make SFI overwhelming to new affilaites. A good sponsor
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Affiliate since: 03/01/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Edit's 7 other Ask SC answers

Your sponsor is a very important part of your business,since he/she introduces you with everything in our job. Some people, unfortunately, have inactive or not so good sponsores who do not give them enough information or do not want to help. If you are one of those people, don't worry because there are many different sources of help which you can use to manage your bussines - SFI Training, ASK SC, Stream, FORUM etc. Here you can find information and help from all around the world, which further shows that SFI is in fact a family willing to help at any point.

On the other hand, if you have a good sponsor, listen to her/him. Your sponsor is a person who has more experience than you in our job - maybe it is one day more or a thousand days more,but nevertheless you can learn from him/her. Listen to their advice,accept the help they offer,follow their directions and their path.

As for completely relying only on your sponsor - I would also follow my upline, their thoughts,learn from their experiences.
Everyone here has a different story, so maybe the one of your sponsor won't help you,but someone from your upline may be a perfect tutor for you.


To conclude - you should definitely follow your upline and learn from them,as well as to rely on them for advice and information. But remember - they won't and cannot do your job, so for that you need to rely on yourself.
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Your sponsor is a very important part of your business,since he/she introduces you with everything in our job. Some people, unfortunately, have inactive or not so good sponsores who do not give them enough information or do not want to help. If you are one of those people, don't worry because there are many different sources of help which you can use to manage your bussines - SFI Training, ASK SC, Stream, FORUM etc. Here you can find information and help from all around the world, which further shows
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

The short answer to your question is - Don’t.

You have to realize and accept the fact that you are solely responsible for your own business – not your sponsor. All business decisions regarding your SFI business are made by you – not your sponsor.

Your sponsor is there to HELP you build a successful SFI business. Your sponsor should HELP you by teaching you the business, encouraging & cheering you along and supporting you. You can listen to his advice and accept his help or not. If you decide not to advertise, that’s your call. If you don’t want to do any work, again that’s your call. It’s your decision in the end. Not your sponsor’s.

Not all sponsors are the same though.

If you are fortunate enough to have a good sponsor, treasure your good fortune. Stay in close contact with him/her and develop a close relationship; after all you are in a business partnership.

If help or contact from your sponsor is non- existent, don’t despair, there are others in your up line that can help you. You also have a co sponsor. Reach out to them and solicit their help. You can also find help at The Forum, a2a friends and ASK SC. There are successful SFI Affiliates who claim not have had support from their sponsors when they started. They sort help from other affiliates and have done very well in spite of not getting help from their sponsors.

By the way - all the information and resources you need to build a successful SFI business are contained on the website – do some reading and studying.

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The short answer to your question is - Don’t.

You have to realize and accept the fact that you are solely responsible for your own business – not your sponsor. All business decisions regarding your SFI business are made by you – not your sponsor.

Your sponsor is there to HELP you build a successful SFI business. Your sponsor should HELP you by teaching you the business, encouraging & cheering you along and supporting you. You can listen to his advice and accept
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Affiliate since: 10/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Alvin's 86 other Ask SC answers

Question:

"To build a successful SFI business, how much should I rely on my sponsor?"

You will find that relying on the promise to succeed given to yourself will be much more valueable for you.

A Sponsor is there for your assistance to support your endeavors promoting this SFI business whether you decide to advertise online or offline.

What you will find here is many times we have New Affiliates who join us, and do not have access to a sponsor for various reasons.

How do we overcome this?

We just decide for ourselves we are going to become successful with the business whether we have a sponsor who is reliable or not. What if the sponsor has another idea regarding marketing the business?

What will work for that sponsor may not be something you have the ability to accomplish, and you may just have some other capabilities your sponsor is not familiar with.

That is not something we worry over. We have access to so many well seasoned Affiliates who regularly post on the SFI Forum, the ASK SC platform has the same capabilities, and working with your upline may also be a great option.

Considering you are logging in each day, completing all of the requirements on the To-Do List, you have completed the Getting Started, SFI Basics, and Launchpad, there is much information there which is very supportive for success.

The SFI Help Support is also great for seeking assistance.

So how much can you rely on your sponsor?

You can rely on your sponsor to have those answers for you if that sponsor is an Awesome Leader. Look at the progress indicated on the badge column. This will tell you how reliable your sponsor is. If your sponsor responds to all of your email, consider you have a reliable sponsor.

Is your sponsor showing many missed days of inactivity?

Your best bet is to seek out those options listed above, and trust in and rely on your ambition, your own dedication, and persistence to pay off.

Do not ever fall into the trap of accusing your sponsor for your failures. We all have failures, barriers, and setbacks, but we do persist to continue on with our goals.

Speaking of goals, we must focus on these until we have positioned ourselves for success.

A sponsor is great to have if they can be relied on, but do not short change yourself, or underestimate the many areas we have here provided for us through SFI Training.

Thank you for allowing me to share.

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Question:

"To build a successful SFI business, how much should I rely on my sponsor?"

You will find that relying on the promise to succeed given to yourself will be much more valueable for you.

A Sponsor is there for your assistance to support your endeavors promoting this SFI business whether you decide to advertise online or offline.

What you will find here is many times we have New Affiliates who join us, and do not have access to a sponsor
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Affiliate since: 06/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jovelyn T.'s 13 other Ask SC answers

Hello,
Before I can give you direct answer to your question, I just want to let you know that there are 3 types of sponsor if you are not aware of that yet:

1- inactive/sleeping ones.... Those that never log in after sign-up and those who been active for some time then stop logging-in for long time.

2-active ones but are not communicating with their downlines.

3- very active sponsor... Who are ready and willingly help their downlines anytime.

So, what type of sponsor do you have?
If you happen to have a sponsor with the likes of those mentioned 1& 2, will you stop working toward your goal/ dream to become successful in your business here?
I am sure that's not going to stop you achieving your dreams, right?

Then if your sponsor , is the third type, then be very thankful because he/she will do his/her best to become successful as himself. And will teach you how he did it.

Your question is how much should you rely on your sponsor?
You see, no matter how much your sponsor is willing to go to help you, You still need to do the work to be done.
Like logging-in everyday to earn those Action versa points, communicate with your own downlines, do your own advertising, Reading and learning your own business and other important things you need to do... All of this action are in your hands,and your sponsor is there to guide you only not the one to do the work for us.
Hope you get my point.

Best wishes to your success!
Have a great day everyone!

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Hello,
Before I can give you direct answer to your question, I just want to let you know that there are 3 types of sponsor if you are not aware of that yet:

1- inactive/sleeping ones.... Those that never log in after sign-up and those who been active for some time then stop logging-in for long time.

2-active ones but are not communicating with their downlines.

3- very active sponsor... Who are ready and willingly help their downlines anytime.


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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thanks for this question.

Basically, this is your business. SFI says you are an independent contractor. Your growth depends only on you.

Your growth and success depend on the amount of efforts you put in regularly.

SFI has provided "clear, proven materials" through Start, Basics and LaunchPad,.

After initial sign-up, all one has to do is to thoroughly read them and understand the SFI business concept. In case of any doubt or clarifications required one can take it up with the Sponsor.

The Sponsor is always there to guide and assist. It requires clear and timely communication from your end to seek answers, put them into action and grow.

At some point of time, you should become self reliant. SFI rules of success are very simple and clear. If you just follow them, you will be able to grow step by step. As and when you are struck some where, you can go back to your Sponsor with specifics and look for concrete answers.

There is nothing like to what extent you should rely on your Sponsor, etc. Sponsors are also in this business and they too are supposed to concentrate on their own business. There is no point in just burdening them for simple things.

Conclusion:

1. Be thorough with study materials provided by SFI;
2. Seek and learn specifics from your Sponsor; Communicate regularly;
3. Start building your own team sooner;
4. Keep abreast of latest developments both within and outside of SFI;
5. Being your business, be serious & stand on your own legs;
6. SFI has provided a road map to every one to succeed; Sponsor can guide you to move on
with clear guidance;
7. But, ultimately, it all depends on you; you have to move and keep on moving to reach the
destination of growth and success;
8. Sponsor is there, again to guide you if you are struck en route so that you can travel further.
9. Learn and keep learning & Move on; You will be Winner!


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Thanks for this question.

Basically, this is your business. SFI says you are an independent contractor. Your growth depends only on you.

Your growth and success depend on the amount of efforts you put in regularly.

SFI has provided "clear, proven materials" through Start, Basics and LaunchPad,.

After initial sign-up, all one has to do is to thoroughly read them and understand the SFI business concept. In case of any doubt or clarifications
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